Review of the southern African genus Prolytta Kaszab, with a description of the first-instar larva, and bionomic and taxonomic remarks (Coleoptera: Meloidae)

Invertebrate Systematics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 177-194

  Bologna, Marco A ^a   Di Giulio, Andrea ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; MORPHOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA;

COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MELOIDAE;

EID: 0036404751     PISSN: 14455226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/IT01017     Document Type: Article

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